From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932398AbWFTJnr (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Jun 2006 05:43:47 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932497AbWFTJnr (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Jun 2006 05:43:47 -0400 Received: from 216-99-217-87.dsl.aracnet.com ([216.99.217.87]:34691 "EHLO sequoia.sous-sol.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932398AbWFTJnr (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Jun 2006 05:43:47 -0400 Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 02:42:39 -0700 From: Chris Wright To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@kernel.org Cc: torvalds@osdl.org Subject: Linux 2.6.16.21 Message-ID: <20060620094239.GC23467@sequoia.sous-sol.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org We (the -stable team) are announcing the release of the 2.6.16.21 kernel. This has a couple local DoS fixes, and a SCTP fix. The diffstat and short summary of the fixes are below. I'll also be replying to this message with a copy of the patch between 2.6.16.20 and 2.6.16.21, as it is small enough to do so. The updated 2.6.16.y git tree can be found at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.16.y.git and can be browsed at the normal kernel.org git web browser: www.kernel.org/git/ thanks, -chris -------- Makefile | 2 - arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_32.c | 11 ++++++++- arch/powerpc/kernel/signal_64.c | 2 + kernel/exit.c | 8 ------- kernel/posix-cpu-timers.c | 45 +++++++++++++++++++--------------------- net/netfilter/xt_sctp.c | 2 - 6 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-) Summary of changes from v2.6.16.20 to v2.6.16.21 ================================================ Chris Wright: Linux 2.6.16.21 Oleg Nesterov: check_process_timers: fix possible lockup run_posix_cpu_timers: remove a bogus BUG_ON() (CVE-2006-2445) Patrick McHardy: xt_sctp: fix endless loop caused by 0 chunk length (CVE-2006-3085) Paul Mackerras: powerpc: Fix machine check problem on 32-bit kernels (CVE-2006-2448)